Hongzhi's sixteen-year palace examination can be described as highly anticipated.

The main thing is that he lost too hard.

Outside of Xishan Academy, almost no one had a light on their faces.

Among them, the tenth place is a Jiangxi Gongsheng, logically speaking, the top ten can be regarded as the best, but ...... But it is still like eating a fly, in this world, some people only remember the first, not necessarily the second, and may remember the second, or even the third, fourth, fifth...... But what the hell is this tenth?

Emperor Hongzhi got up early in the morning, first freshened up, and then ate breakfast, which was a bowl of rice porridge with some side dishes.

It's just that......

The taste of this rice porridge......

Those imperial chefs are really ruining the heavens.

Although there are a lot of ingredients in the rice porridge, I always feel that something is missing when I eat it.

As for side dishes......

Shameless!

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyes: "Why didn't you put some thirteen incense?" ”

Xiao Jing understood: "The slave maid remembered, the day before yesterday, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent some food to Kunning Palace, saying what kind of radish it was...... Niangniang likes to eat it, it is said to be spicy and delicious, and it is said that it was pickled by Mr. Wen himself. ”

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head, although it was sent to Kunning Palace, it was sent to the palace, and it could be regarded as filial piety, but it was pointed out that it was sent to Kunning Palace, what the hell is this?

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Take some, when I heard the word Mr. Wen, I felt that the food here was not appetizing, but I salivated over Mr. Wen's food, come, go and get the radish." ”

Emperor Hongzhi didn't like to eat turnips, and always felt that the taste was weird.

But Mr. Wen's radish has to be tasted.

Xiao Jing hurriedly went to serve a bowl of shredded radish, this radish was strip-shaped, and there were a lot of sauces, especially the sauce, which looked quite terrible and red.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at it hesitantly, and then took a radish and entered it.

Since the last time I ate hot pot, I tasted that spicy taste, although it was spicy and I couldn't stand it, but in retrospect, I felt that it was a little interesting, and after that, the meals in the palace would be put some spicy thirteen incense because of Empress Zhang and the Empress Dowager, and Emperor Hongzhi slowly got used to it.

And this shredded radish, Emperor Hongzhi chewed it, it was very crisp, there was no usual taste of carrots, but the sour and spicy feeling suddenly stimulated the tip of his tongue, a little 'painful', he was busy hanging his head and drinking a bowl of gruel, exhaling......

Let out a long sigh.

It's kind of interesting.

Continuing to drink porridge with spicy strips, after a while, Emperor Hongzhi was already sweating profusely. But I felt so happy, for the first time, breakfast was so refreshing.

Comfortable......

wiped the sweat on his forehead, pointed to the radish shreds and said, "This thing, I can't get it for a thousand gold." ”

Xiao Jing smiled and said: "I heard that this shredded radish is to take radish rouge, but this chili pepper is not spicy thirteen spices, but the chili pepper is chopped, and it is also pickled, Your Majesty, this small dish is said to be not worth a few dollars, and it is only a dozen yuan, it is said that at this price, it is profitable." ”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled dumbly: "This is called turning decay into magic, Mr. Wen is so, many things in Xishan, like the balloon, are the same, just a few whale skins, can make people float up, in the sky, used in the border town, it has become a sharp weapon." ”

Emperor Hongzhi got up: "Let's go, today is the palace test, I want to see how much ability the students of this department have." ”

After a while, Emperor Hongzhi went to the palace and ascended to the throne, and the officials and tributes had been waiting for a long time, and they saluted Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at all the beings with a smile, especially the first these, headed by Liu Jie and others, one by one, the spirit of Yiyi, Emperor Hongzhi said: "I inherited the mandate of heaven, it has been sixteen years, and I have asked five tribute students, now I am getting older, the body is occasionally unsafe, I can see the spirit of all beings here, and I am about to enter the court as an official in the near future, and they all say that there are three happy things in life, among which there is a gold list title, Qing and others are all outstanding people, and today I ask Zhu Qing, which is among the outstanding people, and the length is short. National affairs involve the well-being of tens of millions of soldiers and civilians, so those who are ministers need to be cautious and cautious; And those who are officials need to think of the common people. In the future, Zhuqing will be both a minister and an official, and it is not enough to enter the government with only eight strands of literature, so it is reasonable to have a policy to determine the country and the country, so as not to lose the name of the saint. ”

The tributes were geared up one by one, and then they began to roll call, scatter, and then saluted.

Emperor Hongzhi fixed his mind: "It's time for me to come up with a question......"

Seeing countless pairs of eyes looking at him, Emperor Hongzhi muttered: "How can you convince everyone." ”

“……”

This question is out.

Liu Jie has hung his head.

How to convince everyone, this is a 'people-friendly question'.

I thought that His Majesty would take the Ma Zheng exam, but I didn't expect that this question would be the exam.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of this question is how to convince the people.

This topic seems to be a small pattern, but in fact, it is very scary, and it can be convincing to the people, since the Qin and Han dynasties, everyone has advocated it like this, but how many people can do it?

Liu Jie thought about it, and directly put pen to paper, in this regard, he was deeply touched, and first directly put pen to paper: "If you regard the people as people, the people will obey them."

He then wrote: "The way of the saint lies in benevolence, the way of benevolence, in the people-oriented, the people-oriented, then the world is determined, to the minister's view, the people, the people, flesh and blood, there are birth, old age, sickness and death, there are joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and they stand in the world, without fault, clothing, food, shelter and transportation." Therefore, if you want to serve the people, you should see the changes in the sky and see the warmth and coldness of the people, and the food of the people......"

He wrote quickly, this strategy is about 2,000 words, but there are not too many restrictions on the subject matter, you can write whatever you like.

Emperor Hongzhi is sitting behind the imperial case, in fact, this question has been hidden in his heart for too long, how to convince everyone, yes, how to convince the public, the Son of Heaven must serve the public, and he is the respect of the Ninety-Five. Ministers must serve the public in order to be regarded as parents by the people.

This seemingly simple question could not be simpler, but its essence is the most essential question of the entire Confucianism around the core idea of benevolent government.

Everyone was silent, but Emperor Hongzhi waited patiently.

This time he came out of the ghost gate, and he had too many emotions.

In the evening, the palace test was over, the eunuchs collected the papers, and the sages got up again and saluted Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't say much, he treated any candidate equally, but ...... An answer needs to be sought.

Emperor Hongji then got up.

At this time, there was a humane: "Your Majesty ......"

Emperor Hongji looked back.

The ministers of these two classes have been silent, and the ministers who are here to accompany the examination are not only Hanlin, but also officials from the Ministry of Rites, of course, cabinet scholars are also here, but Liu Jian did not come because he wanted to avoid leisure, and Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were there.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian never expected that at this juncture, there would be a discordant scene.

The two of them blushed slightly, the cabinet scholars, the patriarchs of the hundred officials, they are the leaders of the hundred officials, and they manage the officials for the emperor.

If there is a sudden occurrence of something that destroys the order of the court, the general situation shows that the cabinet scholars cannot suppress the matter and cannot convince the public, otherwise, if there are cabinet scholars here, who dares to make noise and make trouble at will.

This kind of situation of lower-level officials jumping out to make trouble at every turn, only when they were laughed at and scolded by people as papier-mâché pavilion elders and clay sculpture scholars, people had no respect for the cabinet elders and the scholars of the six ministries, and some people stood up at every turn and directly criticized the subordinates and superiors. And such officials can be described as successive servants.

However, after Liu Jian and the three entered the cabinet, there were fewer such things, mainly because the three cabinet scholars were dignified and respected, and no one dared to bypass the cabinet and openly disrupt order in the court, especially on the occasion of this palace test.

So, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were busy trying to plead guilty.

Emperor Hongzhi pressed his hand, and he glanced at the person who spoke from a distance, it was Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe stood up awe-inspiringly, he was a bachelor of Hanlin and a scholar of Zhan Shifu.

This is the clear stream of clear streams.

But...... Because of his notoriety, I am afraid that his career in this life will end here.

Because of this, he has nothing to fear: "Your Majesty, the minister has one thing, start playing." ”

Emperor Hongzhi bowed: "Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say." ”

Whether Emperor Hongzhi liked Yang Tinghe or not, he was also willing to put on an attitude of being willing to admonish.

Yang Tinghe said: "I heard that Xishan Academy, His Royal Highness the Prince, a few days ago, personally taught the Zhusheng Policy Theory, the minister believes that this practice is very unfair, the prince is the prince, he knows His Majesty's thoughts, he came to teach the students of Xishan Academy, and he can let the answer sheet of the students of Xishan Academy win the heart of His Majesty. ”

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said, "Isn't this okay?" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "If this is the case, then the students of Xishan Academy are bound to be among the best in the policy theory, and the minister is afraid that if this is the case, it will be very unfair to other candidates." ”

"So, how can we convince the public?" Emperor Hongzhi was not angry, he thought that although Yang Tinghe had elements of nonsense, people like him also represented the views of some subjects, so why be angry.

However, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were very angry, and Yang Tinghe broke the rules, but although they were angry, their faces were calm and calm.

Yang Tinghe Zhengse said: "The minister thinks that this is the case, then it might as well be read out in public for this palace test, and then, please ask Your Majesty to judge it personally, and the ministers are here to listen, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the sky: "I'm afraid it's not early." ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to the talent ceremony, in order to select good talents, even if some efforts are delayed, why not?" The original intention of the imperial court was to recruit talents. ”

"Your Majesty." Xie Qian had a bad temper and stood up: "The minister thinks that what Li Shi said is ......"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, he pressed his hand: "Xie Qing's family doesn't need to be angry, his words are not unreasonable, even so, so according to what he said, why not?" ”